Improvement in clothes-pounders



.. HAwLEY.

Clothes- Founders.

Patented Oct. 2,1

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. HAwLEY, or SANDY HILL, NEw YORK, Assrenon To. HIMSELE AND .min-1S M. wniTMoN, or SAME PLAGE.

IMPRovEMl-:NT IN CLOTHES-POUNDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,901, dated October 21, 1873; application filed September 8, 1873.

To all lwhom it omi-y concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. HAWLEY, of Sandy Hill, in` the county of Washington and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Clothes Founders or Vilas-hers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

rihis invention has for its object to furnish a double agitating pounder or washer, which shall be simple in construction, eii'ective and efficient in operation', and durable in use, em-

bodying in its construction simplicity and cheapness; and it consists in an improved arrangement of parts, and in t-he construction of the same, having a small cone shaped pounder combined or arranged with a larger one of similar construction, the smaller one being thrown. outward when the pounder is raised by the action of a spring, and forced upward into the larger pounder by the clothes by a downward movement, as hereinafter more fully described.

Referringto the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a vertical section of a device embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

A represents an upright standard or stem, having the cone-shaped washer B secured rigidly thereto. D represents a supplemental hollow stem or standard, having a smaller but similar-Shaped pounder, C, attached, and connected to the pounder B by means of a spiral spring, E, which is secured to the inner side of the pounder Bin such manner as to allow the smaller pounder G on the stem D to slide up and ldown on the upright stem or standard A, for a purpose presently described. The pounder C is provided with perforations b near the top, and near the bottom secured to the stein l) by stays or braces a. The machine may be made of tin or any other suitable material, and operated by a handle to be inserted in or attached to the stem or standard A.

When the machine is placed in a tub of' `loosens and raises up the clothes, when the machine is raised out vof the water, allowing the same to have free circulation among the clothes.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The poimder constructed as described, having pounders B and C, rigid stein A, and sliding stein l), and spring E, the smaller being forced upward by a downward stroke, and forced downward by the spring when raised, all arranged for operation as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL F. HAVVLEY.

Witnesses C. .T FARLESL GRENvILLE M. INeALsEE. 

